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Kristin Washington meets with job-pitchers from state Department of Aging and Disability Services.
Kristin Washington showed up to the Fair Haven public library fueled by a dream to work in public health — and ready to find out if state government employment could be the right career path for her now that’s she graduated from college and hunting for a job.
Mercedes Jackson parked her Nissan Altima Coupe in the going-out-of-business Whalley EbLens parking lot Tuesday to enjoy a “7.2” breakfast and catch a few private minutes before “hitting my first client.
Officer Daniel Evans: "This is what I signed up for."
Officer Daniel Evans didn’t know when he reported to work that he would need to rush to save a man from leaping to his death. But when the moment arrived, he was ready — because he had prepared.
Almando Clarke took a cloth and bucket inside a van parked on the New Haven Green Tuesday as empty stages and tents all around him awaited another afternoon and evening crowd for the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.
Police Chief Karl Jacobson is eliminating one level of oversight and asking one supervisor to “double up” in the wake of two top-level retirements in his department.
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Jun 6, 2023 4:38 pm
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In support: 884 Prez Kymberly Bray and 3144 Prez Gildemar Herrera.
Over 800 city workers have a contract for the first time in nearly three years, now that the Board of Alders has approved two key labor agreements that grant long-awaited raises to public employees.
Firefighter Nathaniel Peragallo accompanies rescued construction worker on aerial rescue.
Capt. Ryan Almeida looked down into a 30-foot hole where a concrete deck had collapsed and a construction worker was now buried in rubble. He and his crew had to figure out a way to pull the man out. Fast.
Top row, in favor of the contract: Philip Modeen, Raymond Jackson, Robert Mignosa; Middle row, in favor of the contract: Justin Augustine Sr., Charles Blango, Thomas White; Bottom row, against the contract: Helen Rosenberg, Michael Mahon.
An overdue labor agreement for one of the city’s largest unions was hailed by proponents for awarding substantial raises to most — and decried by some municipal employees who won’t get as much of a salary bump.
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May 25, 2023 1:16 pm
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Now-retired ex-public works head Jeff Pescosolido.
Long-time city servant and public works director Jeff Pescosolido has stepped down, leaving Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Rebecca Bombero to fill his post until the Elicker administration finds a permanent replacement.
Officers Alethia Moore & Daniel McLawrence: They had different careers in mind.
A man fled the Cedar Hill neighborhood one recent morning after firing a bullet at a passing car at close range. Within minutes, police officers found the shell casing, then the alleged shooter, then the gun.
That didn’t require a car or foot chase. It didn’t require anyone ducking bullets.
Current library admin and incoming top city librarian Maria Bernhey.
A current city library administrator and New York Public Library veteran has risen the ranks to become the next head of New Haven’s national award-winning public library system, roughly one year after the death of the city’s former top librarian.
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Nora Grace-Flood |
May 22, 2023 12:49 pm
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A rendering of the future childcare site on Flint Street.
Ten new early childhood classrooms to accommodate 80 more kids in need of care are one big step closer to coming to an ex-Flint Street movie theater this summer, thanks to an approval by local land-use commissioners.
Eddie Freeman: “Everybody's hiring, and if you want it, you can get it.”
Dozens of New Haveners on the hunt for new work turned out to the Green to learn about employers, participate in job interviews, and explore training and career-building programs.
The pastrami egg and cheese sandwiches were flying at a George Street construction site Monday as Jillian Ledic kept a food truck moving so her moms could bring some of the trickle-down dollars of New Haven’s construction boom to Vegas.
Chief of Staff Matteson (left): Better pay would "help in recruitment and retention."
The Elicker administration is looking to stem the flow of City Hall departures and make top positions more competitive by increasing pay for department heads, coordinators, and other non-unionized managers — through salary range bumps and automatic cost of living adjustments.
